Bob Sanders, who was on Milwaukee radio with his wife, Betty, died Sunday.

Has the end of "Breaking Bad" left you with a case of quality TV withdrawal? Understandable — even Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins was so smitten by "Breaking Bad" he wrote a fan letter to Bryan Cranston, who played Walter White, the science teacher turned meth manufacturer, after Hopkins finished binge-watching the show.

He called Cranston's performance "the best acting I have seen — ever" and wrote that the show was "spectacular — absolutely stunning....What started as a black comedy, descended into a labyrinth of blood, destruction and hell." | Oct. 15, 2013»Read Full Article

Begin with an intricate, self-consciously Victorian plot, of the page-turning sort that Sarah Waters gives us in "Fingersmith." Mix with the psychologically intense, cat-and-mouse dialogue that characterizes the novels of Henry James. Add the moral and philosophical vision of George Eliot. Bake in a deliberately mythic structure that calls to mind James Joyce's "Ulysses."

What emerges is 28-year-old Eleanor Catton's "The Luminaries," an 848-page dish so fresh that one continues to gorge, long past being crammed full of goodness. Nearly impossible to put down, it's easily the best novel I've read this year. The Man Booker judges feel the same way, having just given her this year's prize. | Oct. 15, 2013»Read Full Article